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NASA Sets Coverage Schedule for TDRS-L/Atlas V Launch Events
Jan 17, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-L (TDRS-L) is scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket Thursday, Jan. 23, from Launch Com...
NASA Space Launch System Could Make 'Outside the Box' Science Missions Possible
Jan 17, 2014 (SPX)
When it comes to scientific probes exploring the far reaches of our solar system, the rules could be changing. The human spaceflight community joined the space ...
Kids coached to pitch world-changing ideas
Jan 15, 2014 (AFP)
A program launched globally on Tuesday set out to inspire children to present their big ideas for changing the world. TED-Ed Clubs is the latest education initi...
Ground control to Major Tang
Jan 15, 2014 (XNA)
If everything goes well, the first private astronauts from China may journey to space before the end of the year. The Netherlands-based space tourism firm Space...
Space-faring countries discuss cooperation in US
Jan 15, 2014 (XNA)
Ministers and high-level officials from about 35 space-faring countries, including United States and China, on Thursday gathered in Washington D.C. to discuss i...
Suit up for Skinsuit
Jan 14, 2014 (ESA)
The Space Medicine Office of ESA's European Astronaut Centre is managing a project that could help astronauts overcome back problems in space, simply by wearing...
NASA Administrator Tours Facility Where New Deep Space Rocket is Being Built
Jan 14, 2014 (SPX)
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Monday visited the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to see the progress being made on the Space Launch System...
SciTechTalk: New year, new technology
Jan 12, 2014 (UPI)
Out with the old, in with the new. The 21st century is still young, but it's growing-up fast, technology-wise. The International CES technology show in Las Vega...
China, US move toward cooperation in space
Jan 12, 2014 (AFP)
China -- which until now has worked alone as it pursues an ambitious space program -- seems more open to international cooperation, especially with the United S...
Internet of Things poses new security risks
Jan 11, 2014 (AFP)
The hackers who got into your computer or smartphone are now taking aim at the Internet of Things. The connected toothbrush, sports gear with embedded sensors a...
Technology aims for perfect jump shot, golf swing
Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)
A connected basketball promises to improve your jump shot. Embedded sensors which gather and analyze data offer hope for a better swing in golf, baseball or ten...
Toymakers target 'kidults' at high-tech Hong Kong fair
Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)
Never mind girls and boys -- adults who refuse to grow up are being increasingly targeted by a toy industry promoting adolescence as a lifestyle choice, say ind...
China has world's most outbound tourists
Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)
Nearly 100 million Chinese tourists visited foreign countries last year, and they are likely to extend their lead as the world's biggest-spending travellers, st...
Earthly politicians seek roadmap for space exploration
Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)
Seeking to boldly go where few politicians have gone before, more than 30 space-faring nations gathered Thursday to map out ways to pool mankind's efforts to ex...
An astronaut's rhythm
Jan 07, 2014 (ESA)
Anyone who has flown long distances will be familiar with the jetlag that comes with travelling across time zones. Our body clocks need time to adjust to differ...
Only lawyers profit as tech giants go to war over patents
Dec 29, 2013 (UPI)
Technology companies have research and development departments, design staffs, factories to build their products, sales and marketing departments to convince co...
Space trips open to Chinese travelers
Dec 29, 2013 (XNA)
Chinese travelers will be able to take space trips by the end of 2014 thanks to an agreement signed on Friday in Beijing between a Chinese travel agency and Net...
Work on NASA's New Orion Spacecraft Progresses as Engineers Pivot to 2014
Dec 29, 2013 (SPX)
Orion's first mission, Exploration Flight Test-1, or EFT-1, is less than a year away now, and the team building the spacecraft is meeting milestones left and ri...
Official: Iran to Send Astronaut into Space in 2024
Dec 27, 2013 (FNA)
Head of Iran's Space System Research Center Mohammad Ebrahimi underscored the countries' rapid growth in aerospace industries, and said that Iran plans to launc...
Boeing Completes Mission Control Center Interface Test
Dec 23, 2013 (SPX)
For the first time, the Mission Control Center (MCC) at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has tested communications with a commercial, crew-capable spacecr...
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